Around 20 dogs were left by themselves at a residence in Jacksboro, along with the former owner’s additional possessions deemed rubbish. When the dogs were discovered on Monday, no food had been left for them.

The former owners of the house had been evicted on July 11 because they had not been paying their mortgage, Kyle McDowell of McDowell Real Estate said.

Rome wasn’t built in a day. And neither are strong criminal cases ready for prosecution.

That is why officers with the Campbell County Sheriff’s Department have spent the last several months investigating a number of people believed to be active in the drug trade and other illegal activities within the county.

In what has become a legal version of one upsmanship prosecutors are hoping to undo the ruling that wiped the slate clean for Kenneth S. Bartley.

Last week, Senior Assistant District Attorney General Mike Ripley filed a notice of appeal on the last legal move that occurred in the case. The hope is to have Judge Jon K. Blackwood’s verdict that set aside Bartley’s 2007 guilty plea reversed. This would leave the now 19-year-old man to serve out his 45-year prison sentence. Currently he has reverted back to pre trial status.